Instrumental Suite, with narrator with four movements, each programmatically about a "holiday."
TITLE?
MOVT #1: St. Patrick's Day
Text: " "St. Patrick, the holy and tutular man His beard down his bosom like Aaron's ran: Some from Scotland, some from Wales, will declare that he came, But I care not from whence now he's risen to fame; The pride of the world and his enemies scorning I will drink to St. Patrick, today in the Morning!"
(Traditional)
MOVT #2: Halloween (Mark R. Slaughter)
Text:
It's Death again - He's always there -
Watching, waiting - e'er the stare!
Every time I look behind
Or reach to pull the window blind,
I catch a glimpse of grubby hood -
A little clue to where he stood;
The glint of light that caught the scythe.
Perhaps if I could pay a tithe…
But O! no use, he'll never go.
The adamant phantom; don't you know
He will but wait until it's time
For me to hear His fateful chime? -
The toll that claims my destiny,
To Hail: 'You're next, it has to be…'
MOVT #3: Guy Fawkes (Traditional British)
Text: Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot ; I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent. To blow up the King and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below. Poor old England to overthrow. By God's providence he was catch'd, With a dark lantern and burning match
MOVT #4: Christmas (Dave Barry)
Text: Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions... such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week,... until it led them to a parking space.
Chamber Orchestra:
Narrator(s)/Vocalist(s)
Oboe
2 Clarinets (or 1 saxophone and 1 clarinet)
Trombone
Violin
Viola
Cello
Piano/Trumpet
Assorted, but modest, percussion
CONCEPT:
Instrumental Suite, with narrator with four movements, each programmatically about a "holiday."
TITLE?
MOVT #1: St. Patrick's Day
Text: "
"St. Patrick, the holy and tutular man
His beard down his bosom like Aaron's ran:
Some from Scotland, some from Wales, will declare that he came,
But I care not from whence now he's risen to fame;
The pride of the world and his enemies scorning
I will drink to St. Patrick, today in the Morning!"
(Traditional)
MOVT #2: Halloween (Mark R. Slaughter)
Text:
It's Death again - He's always there -
Watching, waiting - e'er the stare!
Every time I look behind
Or reach to pull the window blind,
I catch a glimpse of grubby hood -
A little clue to where he stood;
The glint of light that caught the scythe.
Perhaps if I could pay a tithe…
But O! no use, he'll never go.
The adamant phantom; don't you know
He will but wait until it's time
For me to hear His fateful chime? -
The toll that claims my destiny,
To Hail: 'You're next, it has to be…'
MOVT #3: Guy Fawkes (Traditional British)
Text:
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match
MOVT #4: Christmas (Dave Barry)
Text:
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season,
that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions...
such as trying to find a parking space at the mall.
We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see
a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men,
who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week,...
until it led them to a parking space.
Chamber Orchestra:
Narrator(s)/Vocalist(s)Oboe
2 Clarinets (or 1 saxophone and 1 clarinet)
Trombone
Violin
Viola
Cello
Piano/Trumpet
Assorted, but modest, percussion